modulus of elasticity

Questions about modulus of elasticity

What does modulus of elasticity mean?

modulus of elasticity means "(physics) the ratio of the applied stress to the change in shape of an elastic body".

What is another word for modulus of elasticity?

Close synonyms include coefficient of elasticity, elastic modulus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is modulus of elasticity a common word?

modulus of elasticity is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.